The Heart’s Voice

The 6 Ways Your Ego is Thwarting Your Best Work

.. .. Callings take everything you’ve got and more. That’s actually the whole point. You become more than what you were, because saying “Yes” and following it through makes you dig deep inside yourself for resources that you’re not even sure will be there. And when you step into your calling, one of the first [...]

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If You Want to Be in Service to Others…Handle This First

When you say “Yes” to a calling or step into the path of service, of course your heart is ready to give yourself to it fully. But behind the scenes, your hungry ego is ready and waiting to make it all about you. And those you’re seeking to serve will feel it. You might start [...]

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What Your Obstacles Really Mean

Obstacles and resistance are my specialty. Over the past 16 years I’ve learned to work with them in a way that quickly transforms them and turns them into fuel. And since my work revolves around them, people ask me all the time what it means when they encounter obstacles on the way to their goals [...]

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The Trouble with Epiphanies

My husband had a profound and deeply moving moment of remembrance in the middle of the kitchen this morning. We were making oatmeal. And we were talking about the meeting place of his livelihood and his passion – two things that haven’t always aligned. And then, quite suddenly, he remembered… who he IS and what [...]

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The Wisdom of the Forgotten Self

I know it’s been very quiet here at The Heart’s Voice for over a month now . The truth of it is, that SO much has happened and I have SO much to say that I haven’t known where to start. Have you ever stood up for yourself in a way that completely changed you? [...]

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Love is a Safe Place to Bloom

(Author’s note: This post is part of the Love Sparks Blogging Festival with contributions by over 30 writers. You’ll find a link at the bottom of this post to check out more of the Love Sparks goodness!) How would you pick Love out of a line-up? Would you look for a feeling? A colour? A [...]

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Are You Longing for Fame, Significance or Both?

American Idol is back. And that means, if we choose, we get to watch thousands of people line up for a slim chance at fame and the likelihood of being rejected, sometimes pretty unkindly. So what is it that calls them to this crazy exercise? What makes fame so sought after? After 20 years of [...]

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Being With Egypt in our Hearts

Today’s post feels a little risky to me because I’m outing myself on a couple of fronts. But in light of all the unrest around the world right now, sharing this feels too important to let my personal concerns stop me, so here goes… I want to talk about our deep levels of connection with [...]

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Fleeing: A Time Honoured Tradition

Last October, as you may have read in my post on The Quickening, I tapped into a big vision. I felt like I was seeing the future of my work, a whole new level of this dialogue about resistance, and a powerful way to help messengers and change-makers of all stripes lend their voices and [...]

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The Girl Effect: Bringing more voices to the table

Oppression comes in many forms. For the past 10 days I’ve been moved and inspired by the (over 150!) blog posts contributed to The Girl Effect Blogging Campaign started by Tara Sophia Mohr. Zen Peacekeeper, Marianne Elliot, started by sharing about her time in Afghanistan working with a human rights agency, then finished 3 posts [...]